Sentence examples of "rule" in English
I'm afraid we can't rule out the possibility that she may have the disease.
Je crains que nous ne puissions exclure la possibilité qu'elle puisse avoir la maladie.
Boys, as a rule, are taller than girls.
De manière générale, les garçons sont plus grands que les filles.
This rule doesn't apply to first-year students.
Ce règlement ne s'applique pas aux élèves de première année.
I make it a rule to study math every day.
J'ai pour principe d'étudier les mathématiques chaque jour.
He makes it a rule never to speak ill of others.
Il tient pour principe de ne jamais parler des autres en mal.
He makes it a rule to take a walk every morning.
Il tient pour principe de faire une promenade chaque matin.
My father makes it a rule to get up at six, even in winter.
Mon père a pris l'habitude de se lever à 6 heures, même en hiver.
We cannot rule out the possibility that civil war will break out in that country.
Nous ne pouvons pas écarter la possibilité qu'une guerre civile éclate dans ce pays.
As a rule, he arrives at the office at about nine-thirty in the morning.
Comme d'habitude, il arrive au bureau vers neuf heures trente du matin.
Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, ages it is the rule.
La folie est quelque chose de rare chez les individus, mais dans les groupes, les partis, les peuples, les âges, c'est la norme.
My brother makes it a rule to look over the newspaper before going to his office.
Mon frère a pour habitude de consulter le journal avant d'aller au bureau.
As a rule, not only in humans, but also in animals, "sexual display" occurs, consciously or unconsciously, towards individuals of the opposite sex.
En principe, pas seulement chez les humains mais aussi chez les animaux, une « parade sexuelle » survient, consciemment ou inconsciemment, à l'égard des individus de sexe opposé.
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